I done screwed up with my guppies!

[SotaAquatics]

Long story short, I keep guppies and to control breeding I of course have male only and female only tanks. As fry grow out in my strain specific breeding tanks, I sort out the males and females accordingly. I was careless and somehow tossed in two males into the female tank (I am not sure when but this was probably over a month ago and I just caught it this weekend). The males are mature and certainly enjoying their time with about 150 ladies.

Unfortunately these guppy moms are pretty good parents and seem to leave fry alone for the most part. So... if anyone is looking for potentially a few hundred to thousands of guppy fry over the next six months... let me know.

 

[mattgirl]

Any chance of adding a handful of zebra danio's to the female only tank? Back when I had both them and a female molly the danio's caught and quickly ate the fry quicker than I could catch them.

 

[SotaAquatics]

Any chance of adding a handful of zebra danio's to the female only tank? Back when I had both them and a female molly the danio's caught and quickly ate the fry quicker than I could catch them.

Yes, I am looking at adding something to the tank. I have never had zebra danios but will definitely look into it if that's one you would recommend! There are no hiding places in this tank other than a few floaters so should be a relatively easy hunting ground.

 

[StarGirl]

Guppies for sale! Gup Gup Guppies for sale...... Im pretty sure you were like O M G when you saw the males.

 

[FishFrenzy1]

yea danios would be a good option. or you could get an apistogramma or Bolivian Ram.

 

[SotaAquatics]

Guppies for sale! Gup Gup Guppies for sale...... Im pretty sure you were like O M G when you saw the males.

To be fair, they are probably two of the prettiest males I have had for that line so far. But yeah... not sure I need this many new guppies when I am trying to switch over to primarily shrimp! I think I just sat there stunned when I saw the first one. Then I saw the second, it's a bit of a problem when this is a bottom tank, I don't sit in the floor to check out what's going on very often unless there is a problem.

yea danios would be a good option. or you could get an apistogramma or Bolivian Ram.

+2 for a couple danios. Are zebras the recommended? I do want some celestial pearls for a display tank I am setting up but not sure if they would be too small or not have the disposition for hunting lots of guppy fry.

 

[mattgirl]

Yes, I am looking at adding something to the tank. I have never had zebra danios but will definitely look into it if that's one you would recommend! There are no hiding places in this tank other than a few floaters so should be a relatively easy hunting ground.

No hiding places for the fry should help. I had quite a bit of top covering plants. The danio's still had no problem catching the fry.

+2 for a couple danios. Are zebras the recommended? I do want some celestial pearls for a display tank I am setting up but not sure if they would be too small or not have the disposition for hunting lots of guppy fry.

Zebra's worked for me. Celestial pearls are beautiful little fish but they may not be the best choice for fry control. If there is room for at least 6 of them that is what I would do. If several of your little girls drop at the same time a couple of danio's may not be able to eat them as fast as they are born.

 

[FishFrenzy1]

To be fair, they are probably two of the prettiest males I have had for that line so far. But yeah... not sure I need this many new guppies when I am trying to switch over to primarily shrimp! I think I just sat there stunned when I saw the first one. Then I saw the second, it's a bit of a problem when this is a bottom tank, I don't sit in the floor to check out what's going on very often unless there is a problem.


+2 for a couple danios. Are zebras the recommended? I do want some celestial pearls for a display tank I am setting up but not sure if they would be too small or not have the disposition for hunting lots of guppy fry.

I would defiantly recommend zebras or leopards because CPD's have smaller mouths.